Source: Saperaud via Wikimedia CommonsScrap metal thefts have been plaguing the neighborhood [/local-scrap-metal-thefts-cost-the-city-4m-a-year/] in recent months. The most recent is perhaps also the most brazen to date. On Sunday, September 9, a man was caught exiting a construction site in broad daylight with about $5,000 worth of copper pipes.